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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






2. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






3. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






4. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






5. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






6. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






7. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






8. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






9. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






10. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






11. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






12. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






13. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






14. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






15. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






16. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






17. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






18. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






19. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






20. Technique of shading using dots to control value






21. Renowned for paintings and prints






22. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






23. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






24. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






25. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






26. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






27. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






28. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






29. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






30. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






31. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






32. Pale green






33. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






34. Known for his glass sculpture






35. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






36. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






37. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






38. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






39. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






40. Where the revolving door was fully developed






41. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






42. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






43. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






44. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






45. The amount of light reflected by a hue






46. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






47. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






48. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






49. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






50. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers